THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF The Hon. STEPHEN B. ELKINS, Secretary of War, BY MAJ. GEORGE B. DAVIS, U. S. A., MR. LESLIE J. PERRY, MR. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, Board of Publication. SERIES I-VOLUME XXXIX-IN THREE PARTS. PART II-CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1892. THE REPUBLICATION, in its entirety, of the War of Copyright 1971 by THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY Printed at the Telegraph Press, Cameron & Kelker Sts., Harrisburg, Pa. The National Historical Society seeks to expand and enrich knowl- PART II.-VOL. XXXIX. CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND NORTH GEORGIA (THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN EXCEPTED), FROM MAY 1, 1864, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1864.* UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. NASHVILLE, May 1, 1864. Major-General SHERMAN, Chattanooga: I have referred the matter of the pilots to Admiral Porter, but there is a committee here now to see you about it. I think it will not prejudice the service to suspend the operation of Orders, No. 4, until we can hear from Admiral Porter. I do so. J. D. WEBSTER, HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, In the Field, Chattanooga, May 1, 1864. Brig. Gen. J. D. WEBSTER, Nashville, Tenn. : Tell the committee of pilots that I do not propose to know anything of the laws and customs regulating pilots; that I cannot reverse or suspend an order of my predecessor until I can make a better; that I am willing to let Admiral Porter regulate the whole business. If Admiral Porter be absent up Red River, refer the matter to him, but send it to Captain Pennock, Cairo, saying that if he thinks the present rules too severe that he might dispatch a message to the admiral or act in his name. W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General, Commanding. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1, 1864. Lieutenant-General Grant directs me to say that Special Orders, No. 150, of War Department,t was intended to, and does, relieve you from •For Correspondence, etc., from October 1, 1864, to November 13, 1864, see Part III. +See Vol. XXXII, Part III, p. 397. (3) all military command; that you were ordered to Cairo to report, by letter, to the Adjutant-General of the Army, but were not authorized to assume command of that place or any other. General LEGGETT: H. W. HALLECK, Major-General and Chief of Staff. CAIRO, ILL., May 1, 1864-11.15 p. m. Telegraphic information just received is that Paducah will probably be attacked in force in the morning. The Sunshine or some other boat with troops must go to-night, and you should push forward quickly all you can. S. A. HURLBUT, Major-General. HEADQUARTERS SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Brig. Gen. J. W. DAVIDSON, Commanding Cavalry Bureau, Saint Louis, Mo.: GENERAL: I am instructed by Major-General Sherman (by telegraph) to direct that all the cavalry regiments at Saint Louis belonging to the Sixteenth Army Corps be sent forward without any delay to Memphis.* He is of the opinion that until they obtain horses they can be of good service as garrison, and that the horses can follow as soon as practi cable. You will please cause the necessary orders to be given and have the men, both those now at Saint Louis and who may arrive, forwarded with all possible dispatch. I again urge the controlling necessity for pushing forward horses as soon as practicable. I am, general, your obedient servant, SPECIAL ORDERS, No. S. A. HURLBUT, HDQRS. SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS, I. The troops composing the Third Division of the Sixteenth Army Corps will rendezvous at Columbus, Ky., and will be under the command of the senior officer present. The troops composing the First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, will rendezvous at Memphis, and will in like manner be commanded by the senior officer present. II. For any exigency which may arise these troops will be subject to the orders of the commanding officers of the Districts of Columbus and Memphis, respectively, but will not be considered as garrison, nor as having been detached from their divisions in the field. III. All detachments from the regiments composing the First and Third Divisions within this corps will at once be sent forward to their respective places of rendezvous above named. By order of Maj. Gen. S. A. Hurlbut: D. J. BENNER, Major and Aide-de-Camp. *See Sherman to Hurlbut, VoL XXXII, Part III, p. 536. The above is a statement of the troops of my command and numbers "for duty." HENRY PRINCE, Brigadier-General of Volunteers. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., May 2, 1864-1 p. m. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: The difficulty with the cavalry regiments is settled to universal satisfaction by consolidating the mounted men, leaving the others to serve as infantry, till the Government can provide horses. The consolidation will be made at Nashville. The five regiments, 5,500 strong, number 1,200 mounted men. These will be organized either as three detached battalions or as one regiment, as may prove expedient. Two regiments have left and one (the Thirteenth) reached Nashville this morning. Two more leave to-morrow, the last leaves Thursday. The footmen are armed with Enfield rifles, mounted men with sabers only. The latter expect to receive carbines and pistols at Nashville. I return immediately. C. A. DANA. HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Captain PENNOCK, U. S. Navy, Cairo, Ill.: SIR: Some days since a remonstrance made by the river pilots against the operations of General Orders, No. 4 (from these headquarters, * See Vol. XXXII, Part II, p. 346. |